Re: Calling Spark enthusiasts in NYC

2014-03-31 Thread Sonal Goyal
Hi Andy, I would be interested in setting up a meetup in Delhi/NCR, India. Can you please let me know how to go about organizing it? Best Regards, Sonal Nube Technologies On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 10:04 AM, giive chen wrote: > Hi

Re: Calling Spark enthusiasts in NYC

2014-03-31 Thread giive chen
Hi Andy We are from Taiwan. We are already planning to have a Spark meetup. We already have some resources like place and food budget. But we do need some other resource. Please contact me offline. Thanks Wisely Chen On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 1:28 AM, Andy Konwinski wrote: > Hi folks, > > We hav

Re: Calling Spark enthusiasts in NYC

2014-03-31 Thread Denny Lee
If you have any questions on helping to get a Spark Meetup off the ground, please do not hesitate to ping me (denny.g@gmail.com).  I helped jump start the one here in Seattle (and tangentially have been helping the Vancouver and Denver ones as well).  HTH! On March 31, 2014 at 12:35:38 PM,

Re: Calling Spark enthusiasts in NYC

2014-03-31 Thread Patrick Grinaway
Also in NYC, definitely interested in a spark meetup! Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 31, 2014, at 3:07 PM, Jeremy Freeman wrote: > > Happy to help with an NYC meet up (just emailed Andy). I recently moved to > VA, but am back in NYC quite often, and have been turning several > computational peo

Re: Calling Spark enthusiasts in NYC

2014-03-31 Thread Jeremy Freeman
Happy to help with an NYC meet up (just emailed Andy). I recently moved to VA, but am back in NYC quite often, and have been turning several computational people at Columbia / NYU / Simons Foundation onto Spark; there'd definitely be interest in those communities. -- Jeremy ---

Re: Calling Spark enthusiasts in NYC

2014-03-31 Thread Yana Kadiyska
Nicholas, I'm in Boston and would be interested in a Spark group. Not sure if you know this -- there was a meetup that never got off the ground. Anyway, I'd be +1 for attending. Not sure what is involved in organizing. Seems a shame that a city like Boston doesn't have one. On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at

Re: Calling Spark enthusiasts in NYC

2014-03-31 Thread François Le Lay
Hi Andy, NYC speaking! Pretty sure we can come up with something here. Let's discuss offline! François On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Chris Gore wrote: > We'd love to see a Spark user group in Los Angeles and connect with others > working with it here. > > Ping me if you're in the LA area

Re: Calling Spark enthusiasts in NYC

2014-03-31 Thread Nicholas Chammas
As in, I am interested in helping organize a Spark meetup in the Boston area. On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Nicholas Chammas < nicholas.cham...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, since this thread has played out as it has, lemme throw in a > shout-out for Boston. > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:52 PM,

Re: Calling Spark enthusiasts in NYC

2014-03-31 Thread Nicholas Chammas
Well, since this thread has played out as it has, lemme throw in a shout-out for Boston. On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Chris Gore wrote: > We'd love to see a Spark user group in Los Angeles and connect with others > working with it here. > > Ping me if you're in the LA area and use Spark at

Re: Calling Spark enthusiasts in NYC

2014-03-31 Thread Chris Gore
We'd love to see a Spark user group in Los Angeles and connect with others working with it here. Ping me if you're in the LA area and use Spark at your company ( ch...@retentionscience.com ). Chris Retention Science call: 734.272.3099 visit: Site | like: Facebook | follow: Twitter On Mar 31,

Re: Calling Spark enthusiasts in NYC

2014-03-31 Thread Andy Konwinski
Responses about London, Montreal/Toronto, DC, Chicago. Great coverage so far, and keep 'em coming! (still looking for an NYC connection) I'll reply to each of you off-list to coordinate next-steps for setting up a Spark meetup in your home area. Thanks again, this is super exciting. Andy On Mo

Re: Calling Spark enthusiasts in NYC

2014-03-31 Thread Anurag Dodeja
How about Chicago? On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Nan Zhu wrote: > Montreal or Toronto? > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Martin Goodson wrote: > >> How about London? >> >> >> -- >> Martin Goodson | VP Data Science >> (0)20 3397 1240 >> [image: Inline image 1] >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 31,

Re: Calling Spark enthusiasts in NYC

2014-03-31 Thread Nan Zhu
Montreal or Toronto? On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Martin Goodson wrote: > How about London? > > > -- > Martin Goodson | VP Data Science > (0)20 3397 1240 > [image: Inline image 1] > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Andy Konwinski > wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> We have seen a lot of com

Re: Calling Spark enthusiasts in NYC

2014-03-31 Thread Martin Goodson
How about London? -- Martin Goodson | VP Data Science (0)20 3397 1240 [image: Inline image 1] On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Andy Konwinski wrote: > Hi folks, > > We have seen a lot of community growth outside of the Bay Area and we are > looking to help spur even more! > > For starters,

Calling Spark enthusiasts in NYC

2014-03-31 Thread Andy Konwinski
Hi folks, We have seen a lot of community growth outside of the Bay Area and we are looking to help spur even more! For starters, the organizers of the Spark meetups here in the Bay Area want to help anybody that is interested in setting up a meetup in a new city. Some amazing Spark champions ha